Kulon Progo Has Run Out Of Three Types Of Vaccines To Be Injected Into The Community

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KULON PROGO - The Kulon Progo District Health Office, Yogyakarta Special Region stated that there have been three empty COVID-19 vaccines since the last few days, namely AstraZeneca, Moderna and Sinoparm. Head of Disease Prevention and Control (P2P) Kulon Progo District Health Office Rina Nuryati said the Health Office has submitted an application for the COVID-19 vaccine to the DIY Health Office. Based on data from the DIY Health Office, the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine is empty, while the Moderna has a shelf life until February 5, so the Kulon Progo Health Office deliberately did not take it. "We have submitted an empty vaccine distribution. this week, the vaccines that are empty will come, especially the AstraZeneca vaccine," said Rina in Kulon Progo, Wednesday, February 2. Currently, booster vaccines or COVID-19 vaccinations use Pfizer.

"The supply of Sinovac and Pfizer vaccines is sufficient for the next two weeks. For the time being, we are using Pfizer for booster vaccinations, while waiting for other vaccines to arrive," she said. Furthermore, Rina said that the achievement of COVID-19 vaccination was boosting non-health workers in Kulon. Progo reached 2.50 percent or 7,858 out of a total of 303,075 targets. "The booster vaccination achievement has exceeded the set target, namely January as many as 5,000 targets. So far, 7,858 targets have been achieved," he said. Handling COVID-19 Kulon Progo Baning Rahayujati said the achievement of the first dose of COVID-19 vaccination in Kulon Progo had reached 89.3 percent or 337,893 from a total of 378,177 targets. While the second dose reached 78.5 percent or 297,053 targets. The achievement of vaccination for children aged 6-11 years, the first dose reached 93.50 percent or 33,152 from a total of 35,457 targets and the second dose reached 61.9 percent or 21,964 targets. sweeping for residents who have not been vaccinated with the first dose. We are also trying to accelerate the vaccination of children aged 6-11 years," he said.